The Tailor's square is a two-piece ruler arranged in an L shape. The Tailor's square is used to create scaled patterns from original sewing patterns. The arms of the square are 14 and 24 inches. Use the square to create half, quarter, eighth, 16th and 32nd scales.
Tailor's Square
It is a perfect square and is useful in making straight lines and numbers. It has
also a function like a tape measure. It has two arms connected perpendicularly.
1. The longer arm is twenty-four (24) inches long.
2. The shorter arm is fourteen (14) inches long. These two parts are joined together at the elbow.
Characteristics of the Longer Arm of the Tailor's Square
1. There are five (5) divisions found in front of the longer arm part of the Tailor's square. At the other side of the divisions, are found the numbers which is expressed in inches from 1 to 24 inches.
2. The five (5) division parts found in the long arm of the Tailor's square are ( starting from the corner/elbow):
a. 1/24
b. 1/12
c. 1/6
d. 1/3 and;
e. 2/3
3. At the back of it, are numbers made from 1 to 24 inches. At the corner (elbow) of the Tailor's Square
is aluminum known as elbow that holds the two arms of it at a 90-degree angle. Both ends of the Tailor's
square are secured with metal sheets.
Characteristics of the Shorter Arm
1. Starting from the corner (elbow) of the short arm we can see the following divisions:
a. 1/32
b. 1/16
c. 1/8
d. 1/4 and,
e. 1/2
2. Like the long arm, the other side of the divisions are numbers that are expressed in inches from 1 to 14 inches.
3. The back part of the arm contain numbers in inches . The two arms are secured with a curved metal curved
metal sheet on the inner portion to be used in shaping the crotch curve of the pants pattern.
Reference:
Rante, et.,al (2020) Tailoring Quarter 1 - Module 1.Department of education.